John Kirkeby

John Kirkeby or John Kerby (fl. 1441 – 1460s) was a Canon of Windsor from 1455 to 1457[1] and Master of the Rolls from 1447 to 1461.

Career

Kirkeby was:

  • Prebendary of St Paul's 1449–1451
  • Rector of St Pancras Soper Lane 1450–1452
  • Chaplain to the King
  • Rector of Langton (diocese of Lincoln) 1457
  • Prebendary of Lincoln 1456–1462

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1455 and held the canonry until 1457.

Notes
  1. Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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